RARE ANTIQUE SOLID BRASS FIRE NOZZLE ( KOA Lamp base!) 2/3 off !!

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Aloha up for sale is an antique / vintage fire nozzle in working order. Beautiful piece. As is seen in most auctions you only receive the actual nozzle section of the unit. With this item you receive the bottom screw on section that the actual hose would be pressed and sealed into.
This is a very unique and gorgeous piece of firefighter’s memorabilia. I did find it in an estate sale on the Big Island of Hawaii leading me to believe it was at one time used in Hawaii either on a boat or local fire truck. It is still in wonderful condition with a few dents showing that it has actually been used to fight fires and in that sense has a provenance of being real. I cannot prove where or what it was used as. It actually still has VERY clean clear threads and works perfectly if indeed someone was looking for a working piece. All that would need to be done would be a new hose pressed into it. It still has the press ring and a piece of the original hose line in-between the ring set and the press ring which may indeed date the ring itself. Other than that I can only find out that very very similar nozzles were produced on the upper east coast between 1890 and 1920. The photos I have found of these are unusual as some have names embossed on them while others have no insignia what so ever. However by appearance they look exactly like most others. There are slight differences in the actual sizes of the nozzles. Most were about 8 to ten inches long. This one is a full 12 inches long and has a thread of 2 inches and holds a hose of 1 ¾ inches . This meaning that it could take a higher pressure force of water and would compress the water from the 1 ¾ inch line and decrease the water being shot out to a stream only ¾ of an inch. Due to this the water through these nozzles just by simple physics would have a far greater pressure and a much farther distance that it could reach. I am just guessing but by the looks of the screw on part this nozzle would have either been mounted on a boat or truck or ladder for fighting fires that were not easily accessible and further away.
I have seen these type of nozzles made into very exquisite lamps which I think I may due if I do not get the amount of money I feel this is worth. I am GIFTING you already to mount the nozzle with all the holes for the wiring already drilled a RARE HAWAIIAN KOA WOOD LAMP BASE!!!  This is almost two full board feet of solid koa which is very cheap price for koa much less koa already to be built as a kit.    So you actually get to build your OWN family heirloom.  This is a DEAL you can not find ANYWHERE else at any price !!!
I hope you enjoy this unique item and all the potentials it affords for an exquisite display.
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